India, Feb. 21 -- Lebanese-born architect Lina Ghotmeh said she wants to transform the British Museum into "a place of connections for the world and of the world", after she was selected to redesign a third of the London building's gallery space. Her company Lina Ghotmeh Architecture (LGA) won the competition to redesign its Western Range galleries - wowing the panel with her "archaeological" approach to architectural design.

The galleries house ancient Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrians and Middle Eastern objects along with the disputed Elgin Marbles - which Greece has long campaigned to be returned. Ghotmeh recently completed the Hermes Leather Workshop in Louviers, Normandy, which opened in 2023 and features archways made of bricks, th...